Lyrics and translation Alceu Valença - Colcha de Retalhos

Colcha de Retalhos

Eu vejo a vida como colcha de retalho
É amarelo, é encarnado, é azulão
Num dia ama, no outro me engana
Vem do mato, da flor, do imburana
Do A a Z, vem do gravatá do riachão

Eu vejo a vida como colcha de retalho
É amarelo, é encarnado, é azulão
Um dia ama, no outro me engana
Vem do mato, da flor, do imburana
Do A a Z, vem do gravatá do riachão

Descendo das capitanias, das confrarias dos homens édios
Nasci vaca de presépio e desgarrei pra me salvar
Atropelando a hipocrisia, no dia a dia, no verso a verso
Já fui vaca de presépio, desgarrei pra me salvar

Fui descendo nas capitanias

Eu vejo a vida como colcha de retalho
É amarelo, encarnado, azulão
Num dia ama, no outro me engana
Vem do mato, da flor, do imburana
Do A a Z, vem do gravatá do riachão

Vem!

Vendo a vida como colcha de retalho
É 'marelo, encarnado, azulão
Num dia ama, no outro me engana
Vem do mato, da flor do imburana
Do A a Z, vem do gravatá do riachão

Patchwork Quilt

I see life as a patchwork quilt
It's yellow, red, and blue
One day it loves me, the next it deceives me
It comes from the forest, the flower, the imburana tree
From A to Z, it comes from the gravatá flower to the stream

I see life as a patchwork quilt
It's yellow, red, and blue
One day it loves me, the next it deceives me
It comes from the forest, the flower, the imburana tree
From A to Z, it comes from the gravatá flower to the stream

Coming down from the captaincies, from the confraternities of the idle men
I was born a manger's cow and ran away to save myself
Trampling on hypocrisy, day by day, in verse by verse
I was once a manger's cow, I ran away to save myself

I came down through the captaincies

I see life as a patchwork quilt
It's yellow, red, and blue
One day it loves me, the next it deceives me
It comes from the forest, the flower, the imburana tree
From A to Z, it comes from the gravatá flower to the stream

Come!

I see life as a patchwork quilt
It's yellow, red, and blue
One day it loves me, the next it deceives me
It comes from the forest, the flower, the imburana tree
From A to Z, it comes from the gravatá flower to the stream